Category: Family

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite times of the year! I love the whole “feel” of the season. It’s happy, fun and all about the food and most of all – friends and family. It makes you think, reflect and ask yourself if you are really the person you have always wanted to be in…

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Pictures are a snapshot of a memory and they help us bring back memories that arise sometimes only when we look at a picture. This post is about me and my family, but specifically more so, all about firsts! In the last few months our family has experienced a lot of new “firsts,” big and…

I always peruse Pinterest and come across titles like – 10 Things To Do Tonight To Set You Up For Tomorrow or 8 Things To Do This Morning to Get Your Day Started Off Right – and they intrigue me! They really do. I click them every time to see what they say! I can’t…

Planning your wedding doesn’t have to be stressful. Get things done early and stay organized. In my previous posts we talked about choosing the venue, photographer, flowers, officiant and music. Make sure to bookmark them all! It’s a time to celebrate, so have fun during the planning process, the day of, and of course, after!…

The bride and groom are the “why” of the wedding, but the bride in her beautiful white dress is the grand showstopper. The moment arrives, and she slowly walks down the aisle. The crowd stands up, turns around, all trying to catch a glimpse of the beautiful bride…what is her dress going to look like?…

Happy Mother’s Day!!! Mother’s Day is this weekend and my mom is simply the best. I love my mom to the moon and back, to the stars and back, to infinity and back actually. There are just not enough words to express the amount of love and thankfulness I have for her. She’s the most important…

Congratulations are in order for my younger sister, Catrina and her new fiancee, Ryan. I am just thrilled for them to say the least! Look how adorable and in love they are! I am excited to start the wedding planning… and I’m sure she is too! Weddings were a big part of my life before…

San Diego is an amazing city. A city that caters to adults and kids alike. It was beautiful to say the least! It was much different than I had ever imagined. I had pictured a slightly curved coastline and a flat, maybe more like a desert, city. It was certainly anything but that. It was lush and…

Happy Holidays from our families to yours! It’s Courtney speaking (on behalf of Chelsea too) and I want to wish everyone Happy Holidays from our families to yours! I know Thanksgiving has come and gone, but I feel like it starts the whole season off on the right foot. It’s a day that fills you…